St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-07
STRAY SUNBEAMS.

Those who hold to the theory that the de-
yelopment of crime is due to atmospheric
influences upon the mind will find an appar-
ent confirmation of their views in the Grim
lnal annals of this locality for the last few
months. Six or eight months ago we had a
surfeit of murder sensations in ST. Paul and
Minneapolis. Later ON the murderer was
succeeded by the burglar as the hero OF crime
sensations. just now the community is in
fiicted with rape epidemic.
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1t would be yenturesome assertion to
affirm that cold or warm weather, or the
drouth, or the recent wet spells have any.
thing to do with the varying criminal record
of Ramsey and Hennepin counties. But it
would not be risking anything to assert that
unless there is mighty sudden letting up of
crime in the Twin Cities there is going to be
q resort to heroic treatment
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The law imposes punishment for selling
adulterated food, but unfortunately there is
no legal prohibition against poisonous water.
People are privileged to, or will drink water
from wells in which there is more poison
than in a barrel of strychnine. The people
who drink the water die from the effects, but
it goes on the record as death from typhoid
fever or diphtheria, and the murderous well
is never held to account for the crime.
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A gentleman who has been resorting at
White Bear during the summer calls the
GLOBE attention to the kind of water visit
ers to that resort are compelled to use. He
says that nine -tenths of all the wells at White
Bear or less than fifty feet from vaults and
barns, and a large number less than twenty
five feet away. The wells are principally
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stances the Stops from kitchens are thrown
out on the ground and the filth finds it way
into the wells.
A correspondent wants to know why the
GLOBE doesn't advocate proposition to set
aside certain amount of territory within the
city limits for recreation grounds" The
GLOBE has consistently advocated the estab-
lshment OF more parks. If our correspondent
means public gymnasium where all sorts
of exercises can be enjoyed, we are with
him. But if he means a recreation ground
where some nobby cricket or lawn tennis
club can get their ground rent paid out of
the public treasury, then we are against
him. There is plenty of ground for recre-
alton around st. Paul. A walk from here to
Minneapolis one of these bright mornings
would be enough recreation for the most
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The New York Times has bright Young
man on its staff who has been doing up the
watering places this summer. His letters
have created considerable sensation in society
circles, and it was long time q debatable
question among the visitors at Saratoga.
Narragansett and White Sulpher Springs
whether the correspondent was 'sHe" or a
''She." But recent letter gave him away.
He undertook to paint q love scene between
a typical society man and representative
society girl. He put into their mouths dia-
logue whose dialect was not recognizable by
the society people at the resort where the
love episode was supposed to have occurred.
Investigation followed, and it was found out
that the only person at the watering place
who spoke that dialect was chambermaid.
The other New YORK papers took up the
clew and have identified the Times cores
pondent as the He of the Irritation.
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This must be the age of miracles Nearly
5000 doctors have been congregated at the
national capital for week, and yet there has
been no increase in the city's death rate.
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Three London tailors once met in conyen.
ton and in the most serious manner adopted
the following resolutions: Resolved, first,
solved, secondly, we aie saints" When,
out OF q total membership of 1000, six men,
bers OF the Taxpayers association get together
and pass resolutions committing the associa-
ton to.a definite plan for political cam